Movies and TvShows featuring "ozu" theme.

Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.

A captivating documentary that explores the life and works of Ozu, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. It delves into the personal struggles, artistic choices, and lasting influence of Ozu, providing an in-depth look into his remarkable career.

“This film was a gift to me. I make no claims for it, nor do I offer any apologies. It comes from work on The Thoughts That Once We Had. There was one shot we had to cut whose loss I particularly regretted. It was a shot of a train pulling into Tokyo Station from Ozu’s The Only Son (1936). So I decided to make a film around this shot, an anthology of train arrivals. It comprises 26 scenes or shots from movies, 1904-2015. It has a simple serial structure: each black & white sequence in the first half rhymes with a color sequence in the second half. Thus the first shot and the final shot show trains arriving at stations in Japan from a low camera height. In the first shot (The Only Son), the train moves toward the right; in the last shot, it moves toward the left. A bullet train has replaced a steam locomotive. So after all these years, I’ve made another structural film, although that was not my original intention.”

French-made documentary, "Métro Lumière", which actually does help provide some of the context for Hsiao-hsien's approach to the film. It includes excerpts from Ozu's films, in particular, "Equinox Flower", to show the parallels with this film, the obvious basis for some of the scenes and situation set-ups.

In and around America and the autumn of 1963. A man and his tools. A boy and his shoes.

Footage shot in and around North Bergen, New Jersey presented in a minimalist series of fixed camera angles and long-takes accompanied by the ambient noise of city streets.

A bated tension provides the milieu for this measured narrative about reserved honesty and stunted youth. Will Kragen has done something wrong. But the discovery of his deed is preempted by the appearance of his father eager to start their camping trip. The foreboding discovery of Will's mischief is tardily eclipsed during his days of forest dwelling leading to an abrupt but quiet disclosure.